Tyronn Lue says he tried to lure KG out of retirement.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are firing on all cylinders right now, having won all five of their playoff games thus far, but there was a time during the regular season when they were so desperate for size that Tyronn Lue reached out to a retired, 40-year old Kevin Garnett.The Cavs head coach recently sat down with Dave McMenamin on ESPN’s NBA Lockdown podcast, and discussed the conversation he had with KG during the regular season.  Continue Reading

A high school senior from Arizona has just become the first woman to land an NCAA football scholarship.

Becca Longo a was stand-out kicker for her high school team, hitting 30 of 33 extra points, and will attend Adams State University in Colorado, which plays Division II football. Though several women have played at the college level, none have been on scholarship.

She told People magazine, “It didn’t really kick in until a couple hours after, I just thought I was signing a piece of paper to go play the sport I love again. Even right now, I’m still shocked.”

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Why me?

That is the question I came away with after watching Netflix’s newest hit 13 Reasons Why. Why did I have the privilege of surviving an illness that so many others die from?

When beginning the show, I was skeptical about whether the series was going to be realistic and if its attempt at talking about a hard subject would only glorify teen suicide in the way that so many other attempts have done. I wondered if it would only serve as a horrible trigger for some and possibly do more harm than good. But as I watched, its authenticity struck a chord in me. It served as a sad picture of what could have been in my life, since I struggled with depression for years.

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Last week, hip-hop review site DJBooth posted an analysis of Chance the Rapper and Kendrick Lamar’s respective perspectives on God. Those with their fingers on the pulse have definitely noticed that two of the biggest, most important rappers in the business are obsessed with the Divine, but as Miguelito points out, they have very different takes.

Chance’s music is all worship, so full of joy and gratitude that he can’t help but sing gospel music at the Grammys. Kendrick is in a more thorny place, wrestling with Job-like questions about justice and his own worthiness.

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This week, pop star Justin Bieber took to Instagram to reflect on how much he has changed in the last few years.

He posted two side-by-side images: One, taken recently, the other, a mugshot from a 2014 DUI arrest.

In the caption, he wrote, “I LOVE THIS because it reminds me IM NOT EXACTLY WHERE I WANT TO BE BUT THANK GOD IM NOT WHERE I USED TO BE!! THE BEST IS YET TO COME DO YOU BELIEVE IT?”

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If you owned this, this, or one of these, then you’re a Church kid; one of those select few whose parents shuttled you off to your local house of worship whenever the doors were open. Maybe your mom was a pastor. Maybe your dad in the church choir. Maybe you just really liked going to church.

Whatever it was, if you were a church kid, there are a few songs you probably had drilled into your head like a mantra. Other ’90s kids know the words to “Gangsta’s Paradise” and “Waterfalls” by heart, but you weren’t allowed to listen to those. So you memorized these instead.

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Former One Direction heartthrob, budding actor and Vodafone Big Top 40 chart-topper Harry Styles is heading on his first world tour as a solo star.

The ‘Sign Of The Times’ singer has already revealed that his debut album will drop in May, and his latest Tweet has confirmed that he’ll be touring the globe as part of its promotion!

The tour starts in San Francisco on 19th September, with the European leg kicking off in Paris this October. He’ll be heading to his home country of the UK for special shows in Manchester and Glasgow, as well as two nights at London’s Eventim Apollo.

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